Health and Safety
Keeping students healthy and safe is one of our highest priorities. From a full-time nurse and clean-air classrooms to clear safety drills, here’s how we look after every Lincoln Eagle — and how families can help.
Our School Nurse
Jessica Benson, RN-BSN — Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–2:30 PM. Questions about medications, health plans, or accommodations? She is here to help.
How We Keep Students Healthy
- HEPA air purifiers in every classroom
- Idle-Free campus — please turn off engines while waiting
- Allergy-friendly, nutritious lunch program
- Annual vision screenings (grades K, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and Special Education)
- Staff trained in first aid, diabetes, seizure, concussion, and epi-pen response
Health Forms & Plans
Students with conditions such as diabetes, asthma, severe allergies, or seizures need an Individual Health Plan (IHP). Please contact the nurse to set one up. Common forms:
Asthma & Allergies
Diabetes
Seizure / Epilepsy
Medication
When to Keep Your Child Home
Please keep your student home if they have any of the following:
- Fever of 100°F or higher (before medication)
- Undiagnosed rash
- Diarrhea or vomiting
- Severe sore throat
- Persistent or severe cough
- Persistent or severe headache
- A known communicable disease
- Head lice
Returning to school: fever-free for 24 hours without medication, and free of vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours.
Please notify the office of communicable illnesses (chickenpox, strep throat, pink eye, influenza, COVID-19, lice, ringworm, and similar). Follow current health-department guidance for isolation.
Report an absence: call 801-756-2039 or email attendance@lincoln-academy.org.
Immunizations
Utah requires certain immunizations for school entry. Find the requirements and the exemption process below.
Safety Drills
Students and staff evacuate to designated safe locations and return once it is clear. Practiced regularly, often monthly.
Everyone shelters indoors in pre-selected rooms with phone access, disaster supplies, and restrooms. Doors are secured during the precaution.
Rooms are locked, occupants move away from windows and doors, and hallways are cleared. Local law enforcement secures the site and directs next steps.
Students, staff, and visitors shelter indoors in designated rooms equipped with phone access, disaster supplies, and restrooms. Every classroom keeps an emergency supply bin.